There were a lot of great things that came from the postal service. It's just a dinosaur and at this point they still are not adapting to the times. Their service is terrible and people just put up with it. I avoid the post office like the plague. We even just cancelled our PO box. There just isn't a need anymore with ACH and credit cards. We get fewer and fewer checks every year.
On the flip side, it is pretty cool that for $.44 or whatever cents it is now that you can mail a letter anywhere in the us. But, for that price, what can you expect?